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imperceptive

[ im-per-sep-tiv ]

adjective

  1. not perceptive; lacking perception.


imperceptive

/ ˌɪəˈɛɪ /

adjective

  1. lacking in perception; obtuse
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˈپٲ, noun
  • ˌˈپ, adverb
  • ˌˈپDz, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • p··پi·ٲ p·t·Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of imperceptive1

First recorded in 1655–65; im- 2 + perceptive
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She was flinty in a way that the willfully imperceptive could easily mistake for chipper.

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Our only full confidence is that the NFL will never stop being duplicitous, hypocritical and imperceptive.

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Ye would gaze on God With imperceptive blankness up the stars, And mutter, "Why, God, hast thou made us thus?"

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What a poor maimed creature, to be so blind, so imperceptive, to the greatest thing in the world!

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This to my critic was a proof that Mr. Strachey was imperceptive and vulgar—“common” the ugly word is.

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